All posts by Jeff Hyatt
When It Comes to Data, Go Smart Before You Go Big (ClickZ)
There is a lot of hype around big data, but integrating a broader range of smart data sources can help achieve revenue goals in a more efficient way. If you work in marketing, ther... More
Pandora Tunes In To Engagement Metrics (AdExchanger)
Heidi Browning, Pandora: Some products have more detailed reporting behind them than others, but take a branded station, for example. You can see the number of people who added it,... More
Capgemini and Pivotal Launch a New Service Around Anomalous Behaviour Detection (Business-Cloud)
The use of advanced analytics to detect changes in user behaviour is something a number of large security companies are doing. The two companies intend to combine Gapgemini's exper... More
Chemistry is in the Data at eHarmony (DataInformed)
Since its launch in 2000, eHarmony has marketed its scientific approach to the process of helping people find a compatible mate. But how does the service, which claims 55 million... More
Increased Data Means Increased Storage, Managing Demand (Data Center Knowledge)
According to IDC, enterprise storage typically grows by 35 to 40 percent per annum, driven in large part by the adoption of virtualization. Desktop and server virtualization have t... More
Cable Giants Partner For Set-Top Box Data (AdAge.com)
Time Warner Cable and Cablevision are partnering to provide advertisers with set-top box data that reveals granular viewing trends in the New York market. The cable operators said ... More
OpenText Reimagines Information Management (CMSWire)
Until today there hasn’t been a vendor that provides a business information management service that sits on a private cloud and offers secure social and collaboration features, w... More
Sony Developing New DRM to Make Used eBooks Viable (Good E-Reader)
The new Sony encryption system has been a product of three years of development at Sony DADC. This is a Sony subsidiary that primarily focuses on the development of storage media (... More
Why Images on the Web Are a Data Blindspot and Potential Gold Mine (AdAge)
Image-recognition technology is the next frontier for companies that have built multibillion dollar businesses on their ability to convert data into more personalized content for a... More
Ad-ID Announces New Study of Embedded Metadata in Digital Video Ads (MESA)
The embedded metadata standard that is being evaluated in the IAB’s Research & Development Tech Lab is the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP), an open international standard orig... More
Netflix Product Innovation VP: ‘Every Subscriber Is A Different Channel, So We Have 53 Million Channels’ (Forbes)
“We probably have 60-80 active algorithm projects at any given time, and within each, many variations, e.g., using different parameter values,” he wrote. “Typically perhaps a... More
Cory Doctorow: Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free (TechCrunch)
If you’re a publisher, label, or studio, the answer is simple: don’t let companies sell your goods with digital locks on them. And if a company refuses to sell your goods unles... More
Data Exec Says Video Primed for Performance Measurement (Beet.TV)
Video is primed for more detailed real-time measurement, says John Wallace, CEO of data insights company DataSong. He said digital video is making improvements with latency in perf... More
Film Studios Could Use Retained Data to Sue Torrenters (ZDNet)
Although the government is downplaying comments from Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin that retained data could be used to hunt down Australians downloading infr... More
Second Screen Summit Among Upcoming CES Highlights
By Chris Tribbey Before the show floor opens at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the 2nd Screen Summit will once again lead things off Jan. 5 with a half-day eve... More
Big Data Meets Fantasy Football (SmartData Collective)
Fantasy sports, especially fantasy football, are a huge business in the United States. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association more than 30 million Americans play fantasy... More
Are We Ready for an Internet of Things? (Platform)
The Internet of things: It’s the idea that one day the Internet will be as much a network of devices as it is a network of computers today. It’s an awesome idea, but will it wo... More
How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition (Harvard Business Review)
Information technology is revolutionizing products. Once composed solely of mechanical and electrical parts, products have become complex systems that combine hardware, sensors, da... More
The Era of Big Data in Media is Here (nScreenMedia)
This customization goes far beyond just providing great recommendations of what to watch. It will inform on what type of content to create in the first place. With the move online,... More
